O.J. Simpson granted parole: Live coverage

O.J. Simpson was granted parole by a Nevada parole board on Thursday. Simpson — who was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1995 — will be released in October after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence stemming from a 2007 armed robbery in Las Vegas. Yahoo News and Yahoo Sports are providing team coverage of the hearing and reaction to the parole board’s decision.